Some New York City hospitals are still unable to perform reliable on-site coronavirus testing — and must instead wait days for results from outside labs, even as hospital beds are filling up.
A spokesperson for St. Barnabas hospital said Monday, March 30 that it takes 4 to 6 days for the hospital to receive coronavirus test results.A spokesperson for St. Barnabas hospital said Monday, March 30 that it takes 4 to 6 days for the hospital to receive coronavirus test results.
A major hospital in Brooklyn, SUNY-Downstate medical center, struggled for more than 3 weeks to get the chemical reagents they needed to begin on-site testing for the virus while its beds were quickly taken over by COVID-19 patients. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo designated the hospital as one of three
It is unclear whether some other major facilities in New York City have the ability to rapidly test for coronavirus on-site. On Monday, a spokesperson for New York University's hospital system declined to comment on whether on-site coronavirus testing was available at NYU Langone HospitalA spokesperson for St. Barnabas hospital said Monday that testing samples are being collected for six hours each day in a tent in the parking area of the hospital.
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